Calamaria ingeri

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Calamaria ingeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. ingeri
Binomial name
Calamaria ingeri
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Calamaria ingeri is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Malaysia. [2]

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Geographic distribution

Calamaria ingeri is endemic to Tioman Island in Malaysia. [1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria ingeri is forest. [1]

Behavior

Calamaria ingeri is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]

Reproduction

Calamaria ingeri is oviparous. [2]

Etymology

The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Calamaria ingeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T176626A1442469. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176626A1442469.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Calamaria ingeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2020.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria ingeri, p. 129).

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